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NASA probe to observe near-Earth asteroid's 2029 close encounter
Reuters via AOL· 6 months agoAbout 5-1/2 years from now, astronomers predict, an asteroid about as wide as the Empire State...
Asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth in 2029 — could a space rock collision make it hit us?
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn animation shows Apophis' 2029 path compared to the swarm of satellites orbiting Earth. The...
NASA Charts Mission to Apophis, the Near-Earth Asteroid Named for the Egyptian God of Chaos
SYFY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThere’s never a good time for an asteroid to hit, but there might be a worst time. In the 2021 film...
Asteroid Apophis will visit Earth in 2029. Why do scientists want NASA to send a probe there first?
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoNASA's Small Bodies Assessment Group wants the agency to send spacecraft to visit the asteroid...
An asteroid will just miss us in 2029. Scientists are making the most of a rare opportunity
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA huge asteroid will fly by Earth in April 2029. It won't be close enough to hit us, but it will be...
What astronomers learned from a near-Earth asteroid they never saw coming
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoHaleakalā, Hawaii, is the site of one of the four telescopes that make up the Asteroid...
Asteroid named for Egyptian god of chaos and darkness set for spacecraft flyby
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAfter delivering an asteroid sample to Earth Sunday, the newly expanded OSIRIS-APEX mission is...
A long-awaited sample from a near-Earth asteroid is about to land in the US
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe OSIRIS-REx mission will drop off its cargo, about a cup’s worth of rocks and soil from an...
NASA wants fleet of spacecraft to watch infamous Apophis asteroid approach Earth: report
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn artist's illustration of asteroid Apophis near Earth. The asteroid will fly extremely close to...
An Asteroid Is Passing Earth Today, so Scientists Are Shooting It With Radio Waves
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA group of researchers is attempting to bounce radio signals off a 500-foot-wide asteroid during its...